Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-28
NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
The State Department Refuses In
formation on the Cutting Case
and JacksoD's Resignation.
Tie Conferees on the River and
Harbor appropriation Bill Hops 10
Rasch an Agreement To-Day.
Their Power to Avota n Necessity
of II Called Session.
TRYING TO AGREF.

TRYING TO AGREE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-The confe1ees
on the river and harbor appropriation bill
held their first meeting last night and
went over The entire bill, laying aside for
future action items en- which they could
not agree without further consideration.
Another meeting will be held Monday and
it is expected that en- agreement will be
reached by the conference without re-
porting back disagreement and receiv-
irg instructions from the two houses.
INFORMATION REFUSED.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 81 Ia response to
Senator Browns resolution asking for
al the correspondence relative TO the
Cutting affair, the resignation of General
Jackson, Minister TO Mexico, and other
matters, the Secretary of State yesterday
, replied that it was not compatible With
the interests OF the government 10 make
public at present this correspondence.
The document was not read in the Senate.
Senator Brown WAS on the lockout, how
ever, and he got hold of it, took it to the
executive clerks office aud there
/
gaze of the curious read the re-
ply, but apparently with feelings Of
satisfaction In short while the docu-
ment was labeled, "NJt to be given to
the press" but it did get out, and the
! foregoing are the facts in the case as it
now stands. II is understood that SeDa-
tor Brown is highly disp.cased over the
refusal Of the ste Department. He is
! = =. L. -. 10 ( 60
and 1t is expected that be will eude&voT,
by means Of speech in the Senate on
! Monday to take few scglPs. lie is said to
have deal OF >piCy information furnish
ed by oN-Minister Jackson and that sOmt
! Ct the reasons for JAcEsou's resignation
t viii in this way probsbiy be made public.
/ THE CLOSING DAYS.
WAsHINGTON,F Feb 27-During the days
and nights of the fraction of week re-
maiEing to the pre-. ent session OF Con-
gress the Senate will give instant atten-
ton to the conference reports and the
general appropriation bills whenever any
of them shall make appearance, and
every effort will be put forth to finish the
necessary legislation before next Friday
noon. Inc members of the appropIia-
ton committee upon whom the hardest
dents and willful acts of obstruction, it
may still be found possible to avoid the
necessity for called session of the FIT
tieth Congress To this end the rights If
the Senate and its committees to an op-
portunty for elaboration upon
important matters not yet
brought before it will oe waived,
and the Senate as has been done in pre-
vious instances will content itself under
protest with such amendments to the
House legislation as it can secure in "a
hasty conference, taking much for grant
ed and trusting much to luck. To print
and thoroughly examine the naval, legis-
litive, deficiency and fOrtiticatlon appro-
priation bills in their several ordinary
stages through the Senate up TO the point
of final action would reqpi.e al
most as many weeks as there
remain days Of the present s., S
sion. The miscellaneous subjects ii
LEGISLATION which VIII probabiy MI up the
spare moments are put down in the
CAUCUS programme as follows: The
labor arbitration bill, the land grant for
fixture bill, the bill relating to lottery
advertisements passing through the
mails, the bilit1 quiet the land titles to the
| Des MOines land grant bill, the bill
authorizing suits against the United
States, the bill for the adjudication cf
private laud claims in certain
states ana territories, the DILL
| for q monument t. cOlDred soldiers,
the bill to reimburse Virgins and other
states for their expenses in the war of
| 1912, and the international wright bill.
| Senator Miller will call up, probably on
! Monday or Tuesday, the House pleurO-
pneumonia bill, the pending question
| beng the motion to reconsider the vote
| by which the Edmunds substitute was
! adopted. Senator Ingalls, will seek op-
peri unity to call up for action the blll re
! pealing the limitation to arrears VI pcu-
| sions act, and Ssnslpr Van Wye will
ask the passage Of the bill relating to the
disposal of abandoned military TeserVa-
| tons under the homestead lay.
| A contest is pending On the exscu-
tive session over the nomination of Pub
lie Printer Benedict, and the British extra
dltion treaty remains the unfinished
matter on the executive calendar, but is
not likely to DE further pressed for &C.
ton this session.
In the House the programme is 10 push
the appropriation bills to completion by
giving them precedence over all
other business, and little general
Il gislation is expected during the
remaining days of the session.
The legislative appropriation bill will
again occupy the attention Of the House
on Monday, ard will be followed by the
deficiency bill, which will 0e put through
under suspension Of The rules. During
the four legislative days remaining it will
be IN order 10 pass any bill by two
| thirds vote under suspension of
the rules. Looking to this last
| chance the members who are
charged with the management of
important measures, suCh as the Pacific
Railway inquiry resolution, the depart
ment OF agriculture bill, the pleuro-preu
monis bill and the educational bill, viii
mske every effort to secure recognition
| By the speaker in order to get vote on
their pills. Some very few OF these
eff Jrts llsY succeed, out in most Csses sll
chance frr legislation will be cut off
by the presentation and discussion CT
conference reports and other privileged
matter. 1t is understood that no at
tempt will 5e made 70 pass ratification